Deb Bubb is the former Chief People Officer at Optum and Co-founder of The Institute For Moral Imagination.  

This ThoughtCast is an insightful chat about creativity, passion, and purpose. Our guest, Deb Bubb, shared with us how she pivoted into a new chapter of her life, chasing a passion and building something new. Deb also spoke about the fears, uncertainty, and challenges of making a transition and embracing the unknown. 

The conversation centered on the idea that every life is a creative act. By embracing all of our creativity, we have a way to access all our potential. She shares how she has built creativity and art into her life. 

This discussion will energize you to dive into your creativity and look for art all around you.  

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Laura Penhaul is a world record holder who led a team of four women on a heroic mission to row across the Pacific Ocean. Explore the qualities needed to take on bold endeavors and how to develop ways to continuously strengthen boldness.

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This wasn’t the end—just a bold pause.
 
Scott Peltin, TIGNUM’s Chief Catalyst, and Jogi Rippel, CEO at TIGNUM, reflected on four years of ThoughtCast interviews—sharing the motivations behind starting the series and why it was time to hit pause and evolve.

But this wasn’t goodbye. It was a moment to step back, challenge our own thinking, and return with something even more impactful.

As the world’s complexity increases, the need for meaningful, two-way conversations—grounded in real human experience and pragmatic solutions—has never been greater. That's why we shifted gears and created Bold, our dynamic platform to help professionals become the game-changers the world needs.

"The best way to predict the future is to create it." — P. Drucker & A. Lincoln

Thank you for listening—and for being part of what comes next.

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It is time to rewrite the story of hormones - they do not control us and don't just come with negative symptoms. Instead, we can control our hormones and harness their impact on our performance to play to our strength. Business professionals, specifically female leaders, will greatly benefit from understanding the ebbs and flows of hormones, gaining a new sense of body literacy, and learning strategies to deal with hormonal fluctuations. 

TIGNUM designed a program to help female leaders and teams understand how hormonal fluctuations impact their performance and how they can harness the power of hormones to be their best throughout all life stages: The XX Factor.
Learn more about it here 
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"Work and life are not two different spheres that need to be balanced- sustainable human performance is a much more appealing and integrative approach to simply be our best version. "
Sustainable Human Performance is both simple and complex at the same time. Dirk-Marten Molenaar shares how learning about Sustainable Human Performance profoundly changed his life and how he consequently introduced the concept to his teams and initiated major shifts company-wide. He has an in-depth understanding that there is no one perfect performance strategy, but rather it differs from person to person and over time. Yet, adopting your performance strategies according to need and context should never mean letting them drop, no matter how turbulent the times. Why? If you are a paid thinker, like many of us are, you should never compromise on your own brain power.

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How can companies expect better outcomes if they never address the root causes of low performance? In this conversation TIGNUM founders Scott Peltin and Jogi Rippel dissect common misconceptions about human performance in the corporate world. Sharing stories, data and their expertise, they leave no doubt about what it takes to create actual performance gains: make people stronger.

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In this roundtable our TIGNUM performance experts discuss the importance of integrating purposeful recovery breaks into our days and years. They share ideas on powerful micro-breaks and how even 30 seconds can change the game. Leaders and executives do well to recognize the value of recovery. Oscillation is a strategic must for high performance at work. 
Nobody takes a pit-stop at the end of a race, it happens in the race to be ready for whats coming next. 

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In this episode, Stephanie Lena of Novartis sits down with Scott Peltin to share her powerful story of how a new approach to a one on one vacation with her husband created the bond and partnership that helped her persevere through cancer shortly thereafter. She goes on to share the critical mindset skills and performance habits she developed and applied during her chemotherapy including the use of anchors, intention setting,  and reframing. 

Her amazing story has made us all pause and think differently about how we'll approach our next vacation. We hope you'll do the same.

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“The body literacy piece is so important in our mid-life as women because it’s critical for helping us understand what we can do; what works and what doesn’t.”

As a lifelong athlete, mother, and highly-respected sports scientist, Dr. Emma Ross has made it her mission to tackle the taboos that exist not only within sports, but business and society, around women’s health, menstrual cycles, mental health and the impact hormones have on our ability to perform at our best. In this conversation with Scott Peltin, Dr. Ross discusses:

• How our hormones ebb and flow and how this affects our mental and physical performance at different phases of our hormone cycles
• Why understanding our individual rhythms is key to creating an optimal performance state
• Why breaking the taboos around the natural female life cycle is imperative to creating psychological safety and effective leadership environments

Bio-individual awareness is critical for every human. Have a listen to discover how you can manage your mindset, movement, nutrition, and recovery strategies during your unique phases to maximize your impact.

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"This decade, the 2020s will probably be the most challenging on humans, leaders, and executives that we've ever seen. If we're not constantly sharpening our tools, there's no way we can help our clients."

In this special episode, TIGNUM’s Co-Founders answer some great questions from our listeners and clients about the future of work and Sustainable Human Performance and how to be personally ready for the challenges ahead.

They share the beginning of their serendipitous entrepreneurial journey where they connected over the premature loss of their fathers and their shared passion for changing the paradigm around Sustainable Human Performance... All while sitting in a cold plunge (ultimate recovery) after a workout.

They share how their  “never-satisfied” approach ensures that our clients can rule their impact both professionally and personally so they can meet the challenges of today and tomorrow. 

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"Get back to simple."

Tracy Smith has spent the last 30 years leading Division 1 College Baseball programs in the United States. He's now in the midst of a venture designed to upgrade the standard for coaching in youth baseball and give more minorities access to baseball programs. In this conversation with Scott Peltin, Tracy discusses:

• how he's approaching his personal reset during his current transition away from Arizona State University.
• how he uses resets to support his players and build belief and how business professionals can do the same.
• How he helps his family reset during times of need.

Questions for you to reflect:

Where are your opportunities personally and professionally to do a reset? This could be your mindset, nutrition, movement, sleep, recovery, growth plan, self-image, etc.

How could you create a pause to reflect and so you can reset?

What are you resetting from and to?

What would be the benefits of doing a reset?

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"In the moment, one of the single best things you can do is talk to yourself a little bit better."

Confidence and belief are two of the most elusive performance skills for both teams and individuals. All human beings experience self-doubt, but not all of us leverage self-doubt to grow.

In this episode, TIGNUM Head of R&D and Senior Performance Specialist Brian Wade shares insights he's acquired across his impressive career in various high performance environments to help people build self-belief. What's more, he offers a set of tools and strategies you can use to build self-belief in your team and yourself, starting today.

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"Everybody is somebody's somebody."

Deb Bubb's long track record of thought leadership in human resources, leadership, and talent development is well documented. On her journey from Intel, to IBM, to United Healthcare, to her current role as CHRO at Optum, she's made an incredible impact.

In this conversation with Scott Peltin, she shares:

_Why dedicated people with high expectations can amplify their impact with Sustainable High Performance strategies.

_How becoming a better mother, wife, daughter, sister, and friend made her a better leader at work.

_The key question many women are asking themselves as we exit the pandemic.

_The new strategies she deployed to stop feeling like she is "burning the candle at both ends."

_How she infuses Sustainable Human Performance into her family.

This conversation is chalked full of insights and wisdom for everybody. You won't regret taking a moment to listen.

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"Change hits, value shifts, money moves. We need to be continuously adapting to what's going on around us. This can be exhausting and mind-numbing if you don't have the habits of Sustainable High Performance."

Sandy Ogg has spent 30+ years working and learning with Fortune 500 executives around the world. His experience and success in Human Resources led him to develop Connecting Talent to Value™, a methodology that helps organizations bend the value curve by getting the right people in the right jobs. 

When we first met Sandy as CHRO of Unilever, he had a simple and surprising request: to be able to play catch with his son into his 70s. In this conversation with Scott Peltin, he shares his insights on the future of work as it relates to matching talent to value and the impact that Sustainable Human Performance makes on that talent.....He also shares an update on his fastball.

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Hear how Penny learned to manage decision fatigue and maintain confidence with some go-to mindset tools as she built the Gates Medical Research Institute from scratch.

In January of 2018, having just been named the Gates Medical Research Institute's first CEO, Penny Heaton found herself in a WeWork office with a business plan, a borrowed administrative assistant, and an inspiring ambition to make life-saving products available and accessible to all.

In this conversation, Penny shares the strategies that she used to combat decision fatigue, maintain confidence, and build emotional control as she grew Gates MRI at rapid speed. She provides an excellent roadmap for how to live and lead Sustainable Human Performance across an organization. 

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"Why do we wait for significant adversity to maximize our abilities? Why don't we explore maximizing what we've got when we've got it?"

Just over 5 years ago, Laura Penhaul led a crew of four women on an unprecedented journey, becoming the first-ever four-person boat crew to row across the Pacific Ocean.

In this episode, Laura talks with Scott about the High Performance Mindset and leadership skills that helped her and her crew complete their astounding 9,200-mile (14,800k), 257-day journey.

Her inspiring perspective, stemming from her work as a Physiotherapist for the British Paralympic team, challenges us all to explore our potential by finding our own version of the Pacific to cross. 

For more on Laura and her crew's journey, check out the documentary "Losing Sight of the Shore," available on Amazon Prime and iTunes.

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In this episode, Scott Peltin talks with serial entrepreneur and high performance culture-builder, Jeff Rosenblum. Listen as Jeff shares his mindset around creating habits by focusing on the benefits he seeks and identifying the choices he can make to achieve them.  

He shares several fascinating examples of using this approach to tackle challenges including:

_challenging his fears through his workouts (1:38).

_overcoming Guillain-Barre' Syndrome in part by focusing on giving energy to his caregivers(8:33).

_using his recovery period to reinvent himself (15:20).

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Reframing is one of the master keys to Sustainable High Performance. The effect of your inner dialogue on your performance cannot be overstated. Its mastery unlocks your potential and multiplies the people around you while improving your mood and reducing emotional fatigue. 

In this conversation, Greg Prudhomme and Scott Peltin discuss how developing your own reframing practice can equip you to meet the challenge of the moment. Listen as they explore some unique and fascinating applications of reframing.

For more on reframing, check out our latest TIGNUM Thought, Reframing: The Master Key. If you want to go even deeper, check out The Ultimate Reframe from the TIGNUM archives.

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In this episode, Scott Peltin speaks with Roslynn Williams, Chief People Officer of Dun & Bradstreet. She discusses how she uses habit, routine, and mindset to build a sense of control around uncertainty, helping her kids reframe uncertainty, and her personal system for reducing fear and uncertainty in her team.

Click here to read our blog on building your own process to handle uncertainty.

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